Advising

These are advising hours for the Spring 2026 semester. 

The English Department Undergraduate and Graduate Advisors can help with concerns regarding your English major or minor emphasis, including the Single Subject Credential Program; general education requirements; transfer credit; study abroad courses; and your progress towards graduation.

Please check which area within the English major each professor is advising for, and please check your Academic Requirements report (on your Student Center) before seeing an advisor. When you contact an advisor by e-mail, please include your student ID number.

Regular advising begins Tuesday, January 20, 2026 (first day of classes) and ends Friday, May 8, 2026 (last day of classes). There are no regular advising hours during spring break (March 30 – April 5).

Official advising hours end with the last day of classes, so if you need help after that, please e-mail the appropriate advisor(s) or the .

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Prof. Rene Treviño, MHB 309
(English Literature, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric and Composition only)

 rene.trevino@csulb.edu

  • Mondays and Wednesdays 10:45am-1:45pm

      All office hours are walk-in and in person in MHB 309.

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Prof. Norbert Schürer, MHB 302
(English Literature, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric and Composition only)

norbert.schurer@csulb.edu

  • Mondays 4 – 6 pm
     
  • Tuesdays 10 am – 12 pm

  • Thursdays 11 am – 1 pm

    All office hours are walk-in and in person in MHB 302; you can also make an appointment.

    Prof. Schürer will not hold office hours the weeks of March 2-6 (Academic Senate of the CSU), March 9-13 (research), and April 27-May 1 (ASCSU).

     

Stephanie Johnson

Prof. Stephanie Johnson, MHB 505
(English Education only)

 stephanie.johnson@csulb.edu 

 

 



 Please e-mail me before you join so I can prepare for your visit and/or let you know what times I expect to have available that day.

Prof. Kasey Spencer, MHB 311
(English Single Subject Credential Program only)

kasey.spencer@csulb.edu

  • Monday 2:30 pm-5:30 pm
     
  • Thursdays 11:00 am-2:00 pm


Drop-ins are welcome, but please send an e-mail for an appointment so that I can prepare for your visit. I will meet with students in the order they arrive.

Dennis Lopez

Prof. Dennis López

Master of Arts (MA)

 MHB 318

 dennis.lopez@csulb.edu. 


Thursdays from 2pm - 4pm and by appointment (in person or over Zoom)

 

 

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Prof. David Hernandez 

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

MHB 713

david.hernandez@csulb.edu.

 

Tuesdays from 12:30pm-1:30pm and by appointment 

 

Regular advising hours are not held during the summer.
 
Advising arrangements for Summer 2026 will be posted closer to the time.
 


For continuing students in need of assistance during the summer, please e-mail

English Department Advising - Winter 2026  
For winter 2026, the English Department is offering undergraduate advising for incoming transfer students only (students beginning enrollment in spring 2026). 
Please check which area within the English major each professor is advising for, and please check your Academic Requirements Report (on your Student Center) before seeing an advisor. When you contact an advisor by e-mail, please include your student ID number. 
Winter 2026 advising begins Friday, December 26th, 2025, and ends Friday, January 18th, 2026. 

 
Prof. Rene H. Treviño
(English Literature, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric and Composition only) 
 
Prof. Stephanie Johnson
(English Education only)